The failure of many African universities to speak out and confront the HIV/AIDS crisis head-on leads to the unraveling of hard-won development gains and crippling prospects for future economic growth. The report, "Challenging the Challenger: Understanding and Expanding the Response of...

Sub-Saharan Africa's long-term growth performance will need to improve significantly for the region to visibly reduce poverty and raise the standard of living to an acceptable level. Appropriate actions will also be needed to ensure that an adequate share of the growing income is devoted to...

This study examines empirical information for major Sub-Saharan African countries and provides an analysis of whether recent trade and economic policy changes by some Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries enhanced their international competitiveness and improved their export performance....

About two years ago, an effort was launched to try and harmonize the World Bank's considerable experience with community participation in a number of African countries. This effort was initiated by a group of organizations including the Benin National Research Institute, the Benin National...

As a result of two years of constructive dialogue between the World Bank (WB), government agencies and grassroots' associations involved in the advancement of women, a workshop for the Promotion of the societal status of women in Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa was organized in March 1998 in...

The note outlines the lessons learned after a decade of experience with social funds, public works, and employment operations in Sub-Saharan Africa, and illustrates that a variety of models, and institutional structures exist within this sample of operations. It also reflects that projects need...